Instrument Collection

AMADEUS Music and Arts Academy (AMAA) provides students the opportunity to perform using a variety of instruments from its collection.

The Goh Family Collection

The Goh Family Collection consists of string instruments from some of the most important makers in history. These instruments were accumulated over a few decades by Dr Wilson Goh and Mrs Karen Goh.

Through the generosity of the Goh Family, the instruments are available for loan to promising young musicians or even established musicians for the purpose of furthering their careers, while establishing that the beneficiaries of such instruments must always look out for opportunities to do their part for the betterment of society through their musical performances.

For further information, please contact the School Office (school.office@amadeus-vienna.com).

Some notable instruments in the collection include:

Violins

Cellos

Violas

1709 Antonio Stradivari

1730 David Tecchler

1905 Annabel Fagnola

1703 Matteo Gofriller

1780 Giuseppe Guadagnini

1924 Ettore Soffritti

ca. 1730 Francesco Gofriller, ex-Willi Boskowski

1830 Giovanni Dollenz 1/2

1957 Oreste Martini

ca. 1760 CF Landolfi

1720 Paolo Testore 3/4

1758 Antonio Gragnani, ex-Vaidman

1844 JB Vuillaume

1789 Lorenzo Storioni

1967 Arturo Fracassi

1859 Honore Derazey, ex- Shulz

1909 Giuseppe Pedrazzini

1857 Giuseppe Baldantoni

1889 Ettore Soffritti

1900 Paulus Pilat

Some of the artists who are using instruments from the Goh Family Collection include:

Being founders of AMADEUS International School Vienna, the Goh Family also supports talented students aspiring to be professional musicians from the school with instrument loans and scholarships. Amadeus International School Vienna is set up as an IB (International Baccalaureate) school, with a strong emphasis on music and the arts. It is also a boarding school catering to students from all over the world. It now has students from over 45 different nations.

Dr Wilson Goh is a dental surgeon by profession, and is the founder and managing director of GPA Dental Group (with 17 dental surgeons), as well as Atelier Z Dental Lab (a fully cad cam digital dental laboratory). He is also the chairman of the board of trustees, AMADEUS International School Vienna. Mrs Karen Goh was a professional cellist. Currently living in Vienna, she is the board appointed Director of the AMADEUS Music and Arts Academy, which is part of AMADEUS International School Vienna.

Both Goh Family children, Brendan and Dana, are students at the school and Brendan is also concurrently a second year undergraduate at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität der Stadt Wien, under the tutelage of Prof Lilia Shulz- Bayrova. Dana studies the viola as well and aspires to be an artist in the field of visual and design arts.

We welcome the opportunity for prospective students and their families to visit AMADEUS Vienna and learn more about our unique programme and inspiring school environment.